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DEFINITION: n. A message, which does not include a name, a number, or any other relevant information which could be used to identify the caller. v. To leave a message without identifying yourself.
Verboticisms
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Crypticall
Created by: iwasatripwire
Pronunciation: crip-tih-call
Sentence:
Etymology: cryptic + call
Whuismi
Created by: tonya87
Pronunciation: Who-is-me
Sentence: Why does every one leave a whuismi!
Etymology:
Anonymissive
Created by: catgrin
Pronunciation: uh-non-uh-mis-iv
Sentence: "Blocked" anonymissives on her cell were giving Tammy a headache.
Etymology: anony + missive 1601, from Gk. anonymos "without a name," from an- "without" + onyma ("m" is retained by use of "missive"), Æolic dialectal form of onoma "name" + 1444, from M.L. missivus "for sending, sent," esp. in littera missiva "letters sent," fro
Anonymessage
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: uh-NON-ee-mes-ej
Sentence: Bloody hell! That's the third anonymessage today. Maybe I should just start answering the phone...
Etymology: a message from anonymous
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COMMENTS:
Great one! - BMott, 2007-03-08: 23:55:00
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Braincrusher
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: braincrusher
Sentence: this message is a braincrusher
Etymology: getting all mixed up in thinking who you might have called
Ghostmail
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: GOST-mayl
Sentence: His message was a ghostmail as it didn't include any identifying information and could not be returned.
Etymology: ghost + mail
Noisemail
Created by: mplsbohemian
Pronunciation: NOYZ-mayl
Sentence: She deleted all her noisemail, not knowing that it was the man destined to be her true love, stuck with a malfunctioning phone.
Etymology: noise + [voice]mail
Phononymous
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: foe-non-ee-mus
Sentence: he enjoyed the mystery of it, the tension... he could almost taste their need to know more...oh yes... he much preferred to remain phononymous
Etymology: anonymous, phone
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COMMENTS:
good! - wordmeister, 2007-03-07: 01:14:00
Wonderful! - ErWenn, 2007-03-07: 01:36:00
like it. - galwaywegian, 2007-03-07: 03:41:00
Me too. - purpleartichokes, 2007-03-07: 18:12:00
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Speaktease
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: speek-teez
Sentence: Carole threw her phone at the wall in disgust when she realised that the deep, sexy voice on the message had not left a name or contact number. "What a speaktease" she exclaimed.
Etymology: speak (as one does when leaving a voicemail message) + tease (provoke) + p****tease (one who promises but does not deliver satisfaction)
Callmoflage
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: kall - moe - flaj
Sentence: It looked like a phone call, it looked like a message. Wait; it was a callmoflage because Monica could not tell who it was from. The identity of the caller remained hidden inside the message and could not be identified.
Etymology: call, camoflage (hide by closely resembling the natural environment)
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COMMENTS:
The callmoflage before the storm...good word! - Nosila, 2009-09-25: 00:31:00
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Comments:
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus.
Thank you erasmus! ~ James
Today's definition was suggested by erasmus. Thank you erasmus. ~ James
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